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Edward J Wormley papers
Collection
Identifier: KA-0048-01
Abstract
Edward Wormley (1907-1995) is often cited as one of the top 20th century designers of American modernist furniture. Beginning at the Dunbar Furniture Company at the age of 23, Wormley eventually became sole designer for the company and maintained a partnership Dunbar for more than three decades. In the 1950s, many of his designs received Good Design designations at the annual Chicago Merchandise Mart/Museum of Modern Art exhibition. Wormley taught at Parsons School of Design between 1952 and...
Dates:
circa 1908-1991
Found in:
The New School Archives
Jessica Rummel interior decoration working files
Collection
Identifier: KA-0084
Abstract
Ranging from the 1920s through the 1960s, the Jessica Rummel interior decoration working files consist of the files Rummel kept for her New York City-based interior decoration business, which operated during at least part of this period as Harding & Rummel, Inc. The files, which Rummel arranged under subjects such as "Fireplace equipment," "Quilting," "Decorative motifs," and "Egyptian," include small drawings, watercolors, site plans, and tracings of decorative elements, furniture,...
Dates:
1920s - 1960s
Found in:
The New School Archives
Lucie Porges fashion design papers
Collection
Identifier: KA-0139-01
Summary
The Lucie Porges fashion design papers include biographical materials, fashion sketches, fashion illustrations and fashion photographs, and teaching records. It is of a primarily professional nature, with little documentation of Porges's personal life. The primary activities documented are Porges's fashion design work for Pauline Trigère and her teaching activities at Parsons School of Design.
Dates:
1950 - 2011
Found in:
The New School Archives
Lyman Martin interior decoration work and papers
Collection
Identifier: KA-0031-01
Summary
Lyman Martin (1908-2003) graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1939 and went to work for Thedlow, a prestigious interior decoration firm. After serving in World War II, Martin returned to Thedlow, where he created interiors, produced watercolor renderings, designed rugs and painted murals for clients. In 1969, Martin was appointed president of Thedlow and stayed until the company closed in 1979. The collection includes student work, renderings and drawings of interiors, sketches, an...
Dates:
1928 - 1992
Found in:
The New School Archives
Margaret Hodge Company project files
Collection
Identifier: KA-0049
Summary
After graduating from Parsons School of Design in 1945, Margaret Hodge became director of fashion marketing at Vogue, and in 1967 established her own fashion publicity business. Hodge led multiple marketing campaigns, tying clothing lines to the style and fashion of Hollywood films. The collection largely consists of examples of promotional material from Hollywood films, including publicity, set and costume design photographs, press kits, event announcements and...
Dates:
1945 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1976
Found in:
The New School Archives
Marty Spiegel student work
Collection
Identifier: KA-0126
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is comprised of Marty Spiegel's student work for Parsons' Environmental Design Department, which he attended from 1973 to 1976. Consists of course materials, correspondence, drawings and sketches, and printed materials, as well as digital reproductions of 35mm slides of Spiegel's work.
Dates:
1973 - 1977
Found in:
The New School Archives
Michael Kalil papers
Collection
Identifier: KA-0119-01
Summary
Michael Kalil (1943-1991) was an interior architect, philosopher, educator and artist, known for his innovative work with new materials and for humanizing digital technologies. From 1981 to 1991, he was the principal of Kalil Designs/Kalil Studio, a firm that specialized in high profile commercial, prototype and theoretical, and residential design commissions. Kalil also was an adjunct faculty member at the Parsons School of Design, and taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro....
Dates:
1966 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1991
Found in:
The New School Archives
Robert Mackintosh costume and fashion design work
Collection
Identifier: KA-0105-01
Summary
Robert Mackintosh (1925-1998) was a costume and fashion designer whose design career spanned forty years and twenty Broadway productions. He made his Broadway debut designing costumes for the 1952 musical Wish You Were Here and went on to design costumes for both on and off-Broadway productions. In the 1960s, Mackintosh branched out into womenswear design with Musette, a juniors label, which was sold at Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. He went on to...
Dates:
1945 - 1998
Found in:
The New School Archives
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